DASMESH SCHOOL WINNIPEG                Welcome to GRADE 1

This page will be updated as Term Test dates come near.

 

Whenever possible have your child teach school concepts back to you, research shows we are most likely to retain new information when we teach it to someone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the topics covered in Class Term ONE, organized by subject.

 

Math:

• Counting 1-50 ( up to 100 for some students)

• Knowledge of number formation and recognition 1-100

• number recognition of pictures/groups and words. 1-30

• Basic picture addition

• Basic addition without pictures. Count on strategy ( fingers or dashes on page)

• Basic Addition Math Problem Solving

 

• Shape identification - Circle, Square, Heart, Triangle, Rectangle. 

• Some students still struggle with the difference between a square and rectangle. Rectangle has two bigger sides, square has all equal sides.

• Sides and Corners of a Shape

 

• More and Less

• using the crocodile method for the emerging learners. Students can identify which number is larger. 

• One more. We are currently working on one less.

• Missing Numbers

 

• Skip counting by Twos up to 30 ( some up to 50)

• Skip counting by 5s up to 100

• Tally marks, making and counting.

• Counting backwards from 100.

• Starting skip counting by 10

• Basic subtraction concept ( TAKE AWAY)

• Some have been doing two digit subtraction.

 

The purple math, or mid grade one levelled learners have been learning place value, recognizing the tens and ones and carry over addition as they can add into the hundreds without regrouping. ( carry overs)

 

ENGLISH:

Vowels  ( A E I O U)

Long vowel sounds - students know that long vowels "say their own names."

Rhymes and word families

Beginning and Ending sounds. Some medial sounds since we are just starting the vowels.

 

Rhymes and word families

Sounding out words and using the phonetic spelling ( the sounds you hear)

 

 

My Golden Hour ONLY

Vowel codes  - the signs for short and long vowels 

Short Vowels. Each short vowel has a story. Have your kids tell you about it.

A is about an Ant " Ah, get out of here"  example words  cat, had, map

E is about a deaf elephant " Eh, what did you say" ex. words bed, pet, leg

O is about an Octopus "Aw, what a cute baby" ex. words log, pot, on

I is about an Iquana who is "i-i-i-i-i-tchy " ex. words pit, win, big

U is about an Umbrella "uh uh umbrella" Ex words bug, bun, mut, cup

 

SPELLING

Sight words, classroom words and learning vocabulary for advanced readers.

 

Science:

The human body. Labelling the parts.

Identify the parts.

Identify how many of each part. ( two legs, two shoulders, one nose)

Identify how we look the same, how we look different.

What the body is for ( movemement, exploration)

Our body compared to animals - we dont have wings, we have only two legs.

Type of animal we are ( Mammals)

 

Needs and Wants / What we need to survive

What plants need to survive

Comparing us to another animal and plants.

Types of plants

Living and non living things

Healthy eating

Shelter

Our environment, why we need it and how to protect it.

 

The 5 senses the body parts we use

Why we need senses

If we can live without one , what happens

How to protect our senses

The different parts of the eye, nose, ear, tongue.

Vocabulary that matches the senses. 

We see colour, shape and size.

We feel, temperature, texture and toughness

We taste sweet, bitter, salty, sour

Our names in Sign language - Hello, Bye, Yes and No in Sign.

 

 

Social Studies

Our communities - groups we are apart of

Ability to give examples of  communities ( Punjabi, Canadian, Yellow Room, Sports, Music)

Our culture - Punjabi/ Canadian

How we celebrate our culture - holidays, clothes, food, special events

Punjabi - Gurus Birthday, Diwali

Canada - Thanksgiving, Halloween, Remembrance Day

 

Our Responsibilities

Jobs as a student, as a "LORAX" 

Jobs in the yellow room

Always trying our best

 

Respect - No bullying. Understanding individuality

Understanding we can like and do different things and still be friends.

Respecting the environment.

Showing respect when we are learning. Being ladies and Gentlemen

Thanks Giving - being thankful for our needs being met and our families, being thankful for opportunity in Canada  - not material things

Remembrance Day - Remembering What the Soliders fought for.Knowing what war is and what peace is. Being thankful for what we have in Canada.

Knowing the words to Oh Canada

 

Families

Understanding all families look different.

Family trees. First level you and siblings, next are parents and their siblings ( your aunts and uncles) then your parents, parents, Grandma and Grandpa

Understanding that we learn from our families.

 

Our Country (Canada)

Our Province ( Manitoba) Where MB is on a map of Canada

Our City ( Winnipeg)

Our School ( Dasmesh)

 

Maps and Globes are pictures of the world ( Planet Earth)

Water is blue on maps

Land can be many colours 

The Seasons and how we change our lives to match them ( winter clothes, The day light changes, bed times change)

 

Working towards knowing their home address. Using our senses to describe home.